Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-12-09
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

10 complete tne CUSTOM mouse at fOr'
Townsend.
The Grand Jury of King county
has found indictments against six
persons for conducting gambling
games.
The Post -Intelligencer, on the author
ity of Chief Justice Jon es, denies the
report that he intends resigning
shortly.
There are one hundred and sixteen
carriers and draymen licenses in force
in the city of Seattle, yielding reven-
ue of over $4,000.
Harry Tibbals, Jr., has disposed of
one-half of his stock in the Port
Townsend water works for $1,000 to
outside capitalists.
The steamship Umatila is now on
the run between San Francisco and
the Sound, and the Elder is on the
Columbia river route.
The Grant Republican Club has
been organized at Seattle, with a
membership of one hundred and fifty.
]. c. Haines is president.
A prominent civil engineer, who
has made an actual survey through
the Matches pass, expresses the opin-
ion that the Matches is the best and
cheapest pass in the Cascade Noun
tains.
1t is reported that the glass maker
who was induced to come to Portland
to engage in his business, would locate
at Tacoma if the $4,000 of stock
which Portland failed to raise could
be subscribed.
An alleged Seattle dentist named
Fox, who sued lawyer for profes-
sional services, was ruled out of court
on the grounds that he had no diploma
from any re gular legal college of dem
tistry or surgery.
During the week ending November
26th, Is vessels sailed from Puget
Sonnd with cargoes valued at 1884,
625, and from British Columbia three
vessels sailed for foreign points with
cargoes valued at $217,OOO.
1t is now stated that Capt C. E.
Clancy, late the old and popular man
ager of the Oregon Railway and
Navigation Company, has been ap-
pointed port captain at Seattle in
charge of that company's boats.
The receipts of the Walla Walla
fair were about $5,OOO-$2,943 from
the grand stand and gate, $3.50 from
saloon, 500 restaurant, $1,241 pool,
1925 booths, 800 other privileges.
The expenditures are roughly esti-
mated at $500.
Yakima Signal: 1t is said that F. j.
Parker, of the Walla Walla States
man, has been appointed an emigrant
agent of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road and is negotiating to sell his pa
per to Charles Besserer, late of the
Milton Eagle. The price asked is un-
derstood to be $4,000.
Prof. Watson, of the Territorial
school for defective youth at Vancou-
yer, recently gave an interesting ex-
hibition of his method of instructing
deaf mute children, at La Camas. The
News says the progress made by them
since last September is wonderful.
They proved on the blackboard to
have made much more rapid progress
in the short length of time than any
children of our acquaintance having
all their faculties"
The burning of the saw, shingle
and planning mill of Messrs Paulson &
Drum ut the head of the bay near
Tacoma, on Saturday evening, in
volvcd not only heavy individual
loss, but was IL severe blow to the
building trades and the community.
Mr.. Paulson has done herculean work
for some months past in getting his
extensive works in running order, un-
der many discouraging circumstances,
but the work was appreciated and the
mill crowded with orders. The loss
was about $4,000, with less than
IS 900 insurance. 1t is promised that
the mill will be rebuilt rs soon as
possible, and in the meanwhile orders
will be finished as rapidly as possi-
bic.
At the present time there are 22S
patients in the Insane Asylum at
Fort Steilacoom, which is the largest
numberthat Superintendent Waughop
has ever had there. Of this number
105 are females. There are two
Cinnamon there, the only Mongolians
in Pierce county. The current ex-
penses of running the institution
for the q months prior to October
1st last were $71 ,499.S7. 1t costs
about 42t cents per day to care for,
feed and provide for each patient. 1t
is said that there are very few institu-
tions of the kind in the country where
patients are so well fed and cared for
at such a small per capita. The
Legislature made an annual approp-